Temporal observations of bright soil exposures at Gusev crater, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rice, M S ^a   Bell, J F ^a   Cloutis, E A ^b   Wray, J J ^a   Herkenhoff, K E ^c   Sullivan, R ^a   Johnson, J R ^c   Anderson, R B ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARS; MINERALOGY; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; PLANETARY SURFACE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79551621039     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003683     Document Type: Article

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